The complete 'I am' quotes of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Pradeep Apte

am’. Just keep in mind the feeling ‘I am’, merge in it, till your
mind and feeling become one. By repeated attempts you will
stumble on the right balance of attention and affection and your
mind will be firmly established in the thought-feeling ‘I am’.
Whatever you think, say or do, this sense of immutable and
affectionate being remains as the ever-present background of the
mind.
Do not bother about anything you want, or think, or do, just stay
put in the thought and feeling, ‘I am’, focusing ‘I am’ firmly in
your mind. All kinds of experience may come to you – remain
unmoved in the knowledge that all perceivable is transient and
only the ‘I am’ endures.
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No way to self-realization is short or long, but some people are
more in earnest and some are less. I can tell you about myself. I
was a simple man, but I trusted my Guru. What he told me to do, I
did. He told me to concentrate on ‘I am’ – I did. He told me that I
am beyond all perceivables and conceivables – I believed. I gave
my heart and soul, my entire attention and the whole of my spare
time (I had to work to keep my family alive). As a result of faith
and earnest application, I realized my self (‘swarupa’) within three
years. You may choose any way that suits you; your earnestness
will determine the rate of progress. Establish yourself firmly in the
awareness of ‘I am’. This is the beginning and also the end of all
endeavour.
To know what you are you must first investigate and know what
you are not. And to know what you are not, you must watch
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